Apocryphally, this man's gravestone featured a cylinder that was two-thirds the volume of the sphere in which it was inscribed; that relation was something this man had proven. His namesake claw may have been used in war, but
Apocryphally, this man's gravestone featured a cylinder that was two-thirds the volume of the sphere in which it was inscribed; that relation was something this man had proven. His namesake claw may have been used in war, but it is unlikely that his heat ray ever existed. Also the inventor of a screw for transporting water, this man determined what metal a crown was made of by applying the buoyancy principle in his bathtub to determine the crown's density. For 10 points, name this ancient Greek who ran around naked shouting "Eureka!" after that discovery.
Apocryphally, this man's gravestone featured a cylinder that was two-thirds the volume of the sphere in which it was inscribed; that relation was something this man had proven.
{Archimedes} of Syracuse